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Friday, October 24, 2014

Blazing A New Trail On Long-Term Care Underwriting

The
nation’s largest long-term care insurance (LTCI) underwriter is blazing
a new trail for the industry on how policies are underwritten. Genworth
informed its sales agents in August that it has begun considering not
only the health of applicants, but also the health history of their
parents, in underwriting policies.

Genworth
now weigh any history of early onset coronary artery disease or
dementia in applicants’ parents. The new rules took effect for
applications received starting September 2nd. For underwriting purposes,
Genworth is defining early onset as age 70 for dementia, and age 60 for
coronary artery disease. A spokesman notes that the company has
included questions about applicants’ parental history since 2006; only
now has it started using that information in underwriting.